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TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTS SERIES 16-4013 ________________________________________________________________________

DEFENSE Status of Forces Agreement Between the

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

and JAPAN

Signed at Tokyo January 22 2016 with Agreed Minutes

NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE Pursuant to Public Law 89mdash497 approved July 8 1966 (80 Stat 271 1 USC 113)mdash ldquo the Treaties and Other International Acts Series issued under the authority of the Secretary of State shall be competent evidence of the treaties international agreements other than treaties and proclamations by the President of such treaties and international agreements other than treaties as the case may be therein contained in all the courts of law and equity and of maritime jurisdiction and in all the tribunals and public offices of the United States and of the several States without any further proof or authentication thereofrdquo

JAPAN

Defense Status of Forces Agreement signed at Tokyo January 22 2016 Entered into force April 1 2016 With agreed minutes

AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND JAPAN

CONCERNING NEW SPECIAL MEASURES RELATING TO ARTICLE XXIV DF THE AGREEMENT

UNDER ARTICLE VI OF THE TREATY OF MUTUAL COOPERATION AND SECURITY

BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND JAPAN REGARDlNG FACILITIESmiddot AND AREAS AND

THE STATUS OF UNITED STATES ARMED ~ORCES IN JAPAN

The United States of America and Japanmiddot

Confirming that the United States armed forces maintained in Japan unaer the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States of Americq and Japan (hereinafter referred to as ~th~ Treatyn) and the Agreement under Article VI of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security bet~een the United States of America and Japan Regarding Faciliti~s and Areas and the Status of United States Armed Forces in Japan (hereinafter referred to as the Status of Forces Agreement) both signed at Washington on January 19 196d hereinafter referred to as the United States armed forces) contribute to the security of Japan and the maintenance of international peace and security in t~e Far Eas~

Recalling that for the purposes 6f maintaining stable employment of the workers who are employed by Japan and render labor servic~s to the United States armed forces or to the organizations provided for in paragraph 1 (a) of Article XV of the Status of Forces Agr~ement hereinafter referred to as the workers) and ensuring the effective operations of the United Stat~s armed forGes varibus measures were provided for inteJ alia special measures relating to Article XXIV of the Status 6f Forces Agreement which sets forth the principles on the sharing of expenditures incident to the maintenance 0f the United States armed forces in the Agreement between the United States of America and Japap concerning New Special Measures relating to Article XXIV of the Agreement under Article VI of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States of America and Japan Regarding Facilities and Areas and the Status of United States Armed Forces in Japan signed at Tokyo on January 21 2011

Noting situations involving both countries

Recognizing that for the purpose of ensuring the effective operations of the United States armed forces it is necessary to take new special measures relating to Article XXIV of the Status of Forces Agreement

Have agreed as follows

Article I

Japan will bear during the middotJapanese fiscal years 2016 through 2020 all or a part of the expenditures in paying tne following wages t6 middotthe workers

(a) base pay daily wage of daily employees speciql term employees salary hourly pay temporary employees hourly pay and theater personnel wa9e

b) regional allowance discharge allowance family allowance remote area allowance special work allowance summer allowance year-end allowance cold-area allowance retirement allowance including retirement allowances for workers separated by the United States armed forces or by the organizations provided for in paragraph 1 (a) of Article XV of the Status of Forces Agreement through reduction in force and fmiddotor workers whose employment is terminated fer duty-connected disability or death due to duty-connected injury or illness involuntary severance bonus for employees affected by reduction in force pro rata bonus for employees affected by reduction in force commutation allowance conversion allowance position conversion allowance night duty allowance housing a-llowance unaccompanied duty allowance wide-area transfer allowance overtime pay h)urly pay temporary employees premium pay holiday pay night differential non-work allowance and daily pay authorized for duty-connected illness qr injury for hourly pay temporary employees and

(c) allowance for lump sum payment to mariners for unexecuted annual leave dangerous cargo allowance engagement ~llowance engine room allowance engine work allowance fire-fighting allowance foreign ship bonus foreign voyage allowance labor allowance reporting allowance small vessel allowance tanker allowance towage allowanc~ and master and chief engineer allowance

Article II

Japan will bear during the Japanese fiscal years 2016 through 2020 all or a part of the expenditures in paying costs of the following procured fqr official puliposes in Japan by the United States armep forces qr by authorized procurement agencies of the United States armed forces uponappropriate certification

(a) electricity gas water supply and sewerage from public utilities and

(b) fuels for heating cooking and hot water supply not included in (a) above

Article III

With regard to training that the United States armed forces conduct using any specific facilities and areas among those facilities and areas the use of which is granted to the united States of America under Article VI of the Treaty (hereinafter referred to as ~facilities and areas) in cases where the United States of America upon a request of the Government of Japan made at the Joint ~ommittee provided for in paragraph 1 of Article XXV of the Status of Forces Agreement (hereinafter referred to as the Joint Committee) changes to the use of other facilities and areas or in cases where the United States of America upon a request of the Government of Japan made at the Joint Committee as considered appropriate by tl)e Government of Japan changes to the use of places for training of armed forcemiddots Qf the United States of America in territory under the administration of the United States of America instead df using the said specific facilities and areas for all or a part of the said training Japan will bear all or a part of the additional expemitures incident to such changes provided that the Government of Japan( on making the above-mentioned request notifies the Government of the United States of America that Japan will bear expenditures in accordance with the provisions of this Article

Article IV

The United States of America will make further efforts to economize the expenditures referred to in Article I Article II and Article III

Artiele V

Japan will determine for each Japanese fiscal year the actual amount of the expenditures that Japan will bear under Article I Article II and Article III respectively ana -will promptly notify themiddot United States of America of su~h determination

Article VI

The United States -Of America and Japan may consult on all matters regarding the implementation of this Agreement through the Joint Committe~ middot

Article VII

This Agreement shall be approved by the United States of America and Japan in accordance with their respective internal legal procedures This Agreement shall enter into force on the date when diplomatic notes indicating such approval are exchanged and shall remain in force through March 31 2021

1N WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned duly authorized for the purpose have signed the present Agreement

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AGREED MINUTES TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND JAPAN

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BETWEEN THEUNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND JAPAN REGARBING FACILITIES AND AREAS AND

THE STATOS OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES IN JAPAN SIGNED AT TOKYO 0N JANUARY 22 2016

In connection with the discussipns ~n ArticlB I of the Agreement between 4he Onit3d Stat_es of America and Japan concerning New Spec~al Measures r~lating to Article XXIV of the Agreement under Article VI of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States of America and Japan Regarding Facilities and Areas and the Status of United States Armed Forces in Japan signed at Tokyo on January 22 2016 (hereinafter referred to as the Agreement the representatives of the Qnited States of America and Japan have agreed to record the following

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